RULES FOR CARRYING OUT

THE SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

OF MARXIST-LENINIST PARTIES AND ORGANIZATIONS

1. Participation in the multilateral organization of the Conference is based on equal rights and the duty to fulfill the jointly approved rules. The Sixth International Conference itself passes its own rules and agenda.

2. The Conference will be led by a presidium which is composed of five comrades from the circle of IC participants. The composition of the presidium will be proposed by the Conference, and the presidium will be elected by raising of hands.

3. The Sixth International Conference was prepared by the Joint Coordinating Group (JCG) which submits its report (account) on its work to the assembly of the Sixth International Conference, according to Resolution Number 4 of the Fifth International Conference.

4. Each organization has one vote in all voting matters. Decisions on contents are based on the principle of consensus. This includes the possibility of abstention or non-participation in the vote if an organization cannot fully agree to the ideological-political contents. There is no right of veto on resolutions for decisions on contents. Motions on conference procedure are approved by simple majority.

5. On the basis of the submitted written contributions, the discussion of contents can be started immediately. All contributions during the Conference must not exceed five minutes in one of the main languages in order to afford a broad, equal discussion. There is one exception: the country reports. Here each organization can make a 15-minute contribution in one of the main languages.

6. The presidium gives the floor to speakers in the order in which they raise their hands.

7. The Conference's language is English. The Conference organizes translations into the four main languages English, German, French and Spanish. If an organization needs any other language, it must organize the respective translation on its own.

8. There will be no official written minutes. Minutes taken by individual organizations on their own initiative are for internal use only.

9. The Conference aims at working out resolutions on the results of the discussion containing the basic points of agreement of the Sixth Conference. These resolutions can be published as a whole or in parts. They are supposed to reflect the degree of the achieved ideological-political unification and the process of the International Conference. Therefore commissions will be set up to make use of the discussions in the resolutions and present them to the Conference.

10. It is proposed to the Conference to decide that a Seventh International Conference should be held in two or three years. A new Joint Coordinating Group should be elected to prepare this conference.

11. The International Conference is organized, carried out and financed in a multilateral way. The financial independence of the International Conference is the guarantee for its ideological-political independence. Each organization commits itself to contribute to financing the Conference according to its respective possibilities. The Joint Coordinating Group as well as the responsible cashier give an account on income and expenses which must be accepted by the Conference.